Watch: Rep. Kennedy Addresses the House During Gun Vote Sit-In

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Joseph Kennedy III was one of eight Massachusetts Democrats who engaged in a sit-in Wednesday on Capitol Hill, refusing to leave the floor until Republicans vote on gun control measures.

Kennedy joined Congressional Representatives Michael Capuano, Jim McGovern, Bill Keating, Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, Richard Neal and Niki Tsongas in the protest.

Kennedy addressed the House shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, invoking the recent death of teenager Raekwon Brown.

Brown was shot and killed earlier this month outside of his high school in Dorchester. In his remarks, Kennedy cautioned against turning Brown and other victims of gun violence into "just another statistic."

"All of those stats, all of those numbers, are someone who loves and is loved," Kennedy said.

Watch the speech in full below:

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